Mrs. Gayatri Deshpande
Born on 7th June 1975 in Nagpur… Gayatri was brought up in Pune. She is a Pune based Artist now. She has inherited the artistic qualities from her father who is an architect. Painting was always her passion. After successful schooling with really good grades she followed her passion by taking admission in the esteemed Art School in Pune- The Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya. After her training in the faculty of Fine Arts(drawing and painting) she passed out with flying colours in 1995 to further pursue her dreams. Gayatri’s works gathered several prizes and awards at exhibitions conducted by different Art Societies. To start with she exhibited her works through several group shows…. At, NCPA Mumbai in 1992, ‘Different Strokes’ in Pune in 1996, at Café Sunrise in Pune in 1998,….Gayatri then got an opportunity to work as an Art Teacher at a very renowned school in Pune. She is a painter who feels great satisfaction painting as well as teaching art to the young artists.
You can see her carrying out different activities and the great pleasure she has doing that. Children really inspire her. She is a proud mother of a fine 16 year old girl. Gayatri ,now, is back after a few years of serving for her job and family, to be true to her calling, to follow her dream…..Painting !She has also exhibited her works at The Jehangir Art Gallery in April 2011 ,the one at the Tilting Art Gallery ,Pune, the Art2day gallery at Pune, the Monalisa Kalagram and the PNG art gallery at Pune .Her works have been appreciated and some are sold in India and Abroad too. Her paintings have been selected and exhibited at various internet portals as well. She has been active in this field for last 20 years, may it be as an artist, an art teacher an art trainer or a trainee at some art workshop. Art has always been an inseparable part of Gayatri.